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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1927
Page
10
The piece quotes Arthur Brisbane and discusses a looming air war era with mass bombs and global impact. It also ponders the dominance of automobiles, flying machines, and the decline of the saddle horse as farming becomes highly mechanized.
In Chicago on February 14 a suit filed in Circuit Court alleges that the will of William Nelson McClintock known as the millionaire orphan was procured by undue influence by guardian William D. Shepherd. The filing charges murders and hindrances to a marriage, naming Miss Isabel Pope Bertram McClintock Eaton and William Eaton among defendants alongside Shepherd and his wife Julia M. Shepherd.
Washington report notes a pending resolution by Senator Pittman Democrat Nevada directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to block further railroad mergers unless short line interests are fully protected. The measure aims to shield smaller lines from consolidation trends affecting competition and service options.
San Antonio marked St Valentine birthday celebrations with hearts and valentines. Comic valentines and verses circulated as office helpers delivered playful notes and gifts amid traditional lace and ribbon greetings.
Tonight and Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer. Moderate southerly winds. Minimum temperatures around 61 to 66 degrees. East winds on coast and warmer in southeast portion. South Texas remains partly cloudy with warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday.
San Antonio will get a large new Riverside Park after the city purchased eighty eight acres between Concepcion Road and Roosevelt Avenue. Mayor John W. Tobin announced the contract at the first council meeting in months and said surveyors will map the land for a major park with a potential eighteen hole golf course and swimming pools. Construction could begin soon to meet residents demands for a spacious recreation area on the south side.
At its first hearing the state highway commission announced that for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 1927 no state aid will be available for new projects unless the legislature increases revenues with a higher gasoline tax.
City commission, after three readings and no protests, authorized the rename of Manrietta street to Cedar street on a recommendation from Street Commissioner Paul A. Steffler during Monday session.
Mayor John W. Tobin announced his candidacy and that of city commissioners for re election during a commission meeting attended by many visitors. He said the administration has been harmonious and promises the same quality for the next two years while the commissioners voted nay to his speech.
The city commission authorized over 200000 to replace remaining wooden bridges over the San Antonio River with steel and concrete spans. Bids for a Pecan Street bridge and additional river crossings on Nintis, Martin, Grand, Josephine, Evergreen, and nearby spillways will be sought in coming weeks.
Kelly field will receive two more transport planes to survey six passengers a pilot and a mechanic. One aircraft is already in use at DIVE air field bow and the remaining two are en route from California arriving later this week.
Bexar county jail inmates will hear a Tuesday afternoon speech by John K. Beers. rector of the YMCA congregation, delivering a religious address to prisoners.
Archbishop John W. Shaw leads a three day investiture for Archibishop A J Deossaerts in San Antonio. A host of foreign and domestic clergy arrive including Monsignor Connolly and Monsignor Waring. Bishops and archbishops will stay with private families and at city institutions with registry at the Plaza hotel.
In Hamilton on February 14 a live African gander was presented to Peaches Browning, wife of Edward West Browning, by Irving Terry of Southampton. The bird, leashed with a red ribbon, drew a cheering crowd of about 100 as it was driven past Browning’s hotel amid a publicized romance in the Browning family.
In Sioux City a 23 year old Morningside College music student Howard Fisher was found dead in an office building with a gas fire in his mouth. In Princeton a 38 year old Batavia Iowa social science student Martin A Gerhart committed death by inhaling gas in his apartment. His wife has been in a sanitarium for months and a sealed letter to her was found. the couple had a two year old child.
A clash looms at Matagalpa as liberal and conservative factions mobilize. General Moncada commands liberal forces with machine guns while General Gomez leads the conservative defenders. Seventy miles from Managua, about sixteen Americans and fifty other foreigners remain in the area.
George Thenault, famed French ace, visits San Antonio and flies with officers at Brooks Field. He observed eight aerial actions during the tour and met local aviation personnel.
R. R. Stickney of Dallas was shot through the foot while unloading a 22 caliber target pistol in Wichita Falls Saturday evening. No further details on condition or circumstances were provided.
A long and tangled case recounts the San Angelo man Bob B San Angela Tan facing trial over a fatal shooting. The defense contends self defense amid venue changes from Del Rio to Ozona and then Bexar county. Previous trial in 1924 yielded five years, with appeals ordered for manslaughter charges.
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